OSA Assembly Agenda
February 1, 2016 at 4:00 PM
Reeve Memorial Union, Ballroom, 227 B2C
I.
II.
Call to Order –
Roll Call Organizations with Voting Rights:
Present:
Excused:
Absent:
III.
Open Forum -
IV.
Approval of the Agenda –
V.
Approval of the Minutes –
VI.
VII.
Guest Speakers –
a. Christina Olivas, Shamrock Shuffle
b. Engineering Club, New
c. Philosophy Club, New
Officer Reports –
a.
b.
c.
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VIII.
OSA Directors and Ambassadors –
OSA Office Manager – (Rae Ann - wetzelr@uwosh.edu ) –
OSA Advisor – (Petra – roterp@uwosh.edu) Speaker Pro-Tempore – (Maria – osaspeakerpt@uwosh.edu ) Speaker of the Assembly – (Austyn – osaspeaker@uwosh.edu) –
Vice President Pro-Tempore – (Zachary - osavppt@uwosh.edu) –
Vice President – (Graham – (osavp@uwosh.edu) President – (Jordan – osavpres@uwosh.edu) -
Presidential Appointments –
OSA 15-084
BE IT RESOLVED: That the OSA Senate and Assembly approved the following Presidential
Appointments and/or recommendations:
1. Ann Mittelstadt, Jamie Karlic, University Studies Program Committee
2. Reginald Parson, Dean College of Education and Human Services
Search and Screen Committee
Sponsored by: Jordan Schettle, OSA President
IX. Unfinished Business –
OSA 15-082
WHEREAS, The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is an inclusive, open and transformative
learning institution which excels at creating compassion, awareness and advocacy toward the
LGBTQ community of the campus as well as the greater Oshkosh LGBTQ+ community; and
WHEREAS, thousands of students attending University of Wisconsin Oshkosh live in offcampus housing such as houses and apartments surrounding the campus community but also
reside in the greater Oshkosh community;
WHEREAS, City Councilman Ben Stepanek, a Former Senator of Oshkosh Student Association
and current University of Wisconsin Oshkosh senior, is currently working at the city level to end
housing discrimination against members of Oshkosh’s LGBTQ+ community;
WHEREAS, Councilman Stepanek has proposed an ordinance at the city level which includes
“gender identity” and “gender expression” as protected classes of renters who are historically
discriminated against in their pursuit of housing, a fundamental human right;
WHEREAS, passage of this resolution will send a message to the University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh administration, the student body and greater Oshkosh community that we have never,
do not and will never support any form of discrimination against any human being in the city of
Oshkosh in their pursuit of fair housing;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Oshkosh Student Association work actively with
Councilman Benjamin Stepanek in his efforts to curb discrimination in housing against
individuals of the LGBTQ+ community by facilitating a dialogue between landlords, Student
Legal Services, and students at UW-Oshkosh;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Oshkosh Student Association stand with Councilman
Stepanek in his fight for equity, fairness, and justice in the Oshkosh community's housing sector
in order to better serve the needs of students who may identify as LGBTQ+.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED upon passage of the resolution a copy of resolution shall be
transmitted to the following; Dr. Andrew Leavitt, Chancellor, Dr. Lane Earns, Provost and Vice
Chancellor, Dr. Petra Roter, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Jean Kwaterski, Assistant to the
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs,
Sponsored by: Legislative Affairs Ambassador Bourke, Senator Schadrie, OSA Chief of Staff
Parson
OSA 15-081
WHEREAS Wisconsin State Statute 36.09(5) gives the responsibility to university student
associations to review and offer recommendations for the policies concerning student life,
service and interests; and
WHEREAS the men’s soccer team is an organized sport which concerns student life, service and
interests of the student body; and
WHEREAS the Oshkosh Student Association (hereinafter “OSA”) was not asked for an opinion
and therefore could not offer a recommendation regarding the termination of the men’s soccer
team for the 2016 season and the foreseeable future; and
WHEREAS the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has made an effort toward transparency in the
discretion of its employees; and
WHEREAS the decision making party has not reconsidered feasible alternatives to terminating
the team, which in fact negate the original reasoning for the action taken by Athletics Director
Sims; and
WHEREAS Athletics Director Sims has not made a reasonable attempt to commute the men’s
soccer team to a new conference, a task within the Athletic Director job description; and
WHEREAS budgetary issues are no longer a factor regarding the decision to terminate the men’s
soccer team; and
WHEREAS the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has a recent and long-standing tradition for
praising and in some cases requiring student fundraising to curb budget issues; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED OSA urges the university to reconsider the termination of the
men’s soccer team; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED OSA request that Athletic Director Sims make an adequate
attempt to find a conference for the men’s soccer team before this issue is reconsidered; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED Athletic Director Sims, in the spirit of transparency, show proof
of the search for a conference, submitting it to both Chancellor Leavitt and the OSA Senate for
review to provide feedback on overlooked options; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh allow the men’s
soccer team to raise funding to compete with the recognition this university has always offered
them; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the men’s soccer team, OSA, and therefore the student body
strongly disagrees with the decision to terminate the men’s soccer program for the foreseeable
future, and can only support a decision to reinstate the aforementioned team; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED upon passage of the resolution a copy of resolution shall be
transmitted to the following; Dr. Andrew Leavitt, Chancellor, Dr. Petra Roter, Vice Chancellor
for Student Affairs, Darryl Sims Athletic Director, Wytse Molenaar Head Coach Men’s Soccer
Team.
Sponsored by: Andrew Sprung OSA Senator, The Men’s Soccer Team
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New Business –
Committee Reports Discussion –
Announcements –
Adjourn -